On 4/21/07, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
Tony Sidaway wrote:
On 4/20/07, Christiano Moreschi moreschiwikiman@hotmail.co.uk wrote:
Brandt's right on one thing. Unblocking him was a complete waste of time.
I don't think so. This has started a dialog of sorts between the community and Daniel Brandt, in which the side issues have been drowned out, for the most part, by honest attempts to address legitimate issues. This is more progress than we could have asked for just a week ago.
Since he has declared that he has no general interest in editing Wikipedia the ban is largely immaterial and symbolic.
Not quite. Notwithstanding his recent statement, see the text of his open letter of April 11th, a copy of which I have placed on the talk page of his article. In it he says "At the same time, I want to point out that the main reason I want my editing privileges restored is because I feel that I have the right to comment on my biography on the Talk page for that biography."
That wish was granted, and it was apparently on his own request that he has been blocked again. Symbolism? Yes, but a very important symbol of openness and good faith.